reading mbuk, i was into freeride/jumping/general bombing around on my chameleon and trials started catching my attention, mainly ashton and hawyesey.  
 
at the same sort of i time i met my mate lex who was well into it, he had the old cannondale ashton frame with p-bone forks and racelines, i loved that bike! so i swapped out my bombers for some gt steel forks and got my self a bashguard and some tar lol. 
 
the rest is history as they say